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    Abbreviations

    Symbols and Terms

    §

    Indicates a section (e.g. of the Introduction or of a reference work).

    *

    Indicates a term defined in either Appendix 1 (Versification) or Appendix 2 (Glossary of Rhetorical and Syntactic Figures).

    ⌣

    Indicates a syllable that scans short (for details of scansion, see Appendix 1).

    —

    Indicates a syllable that scans long (for details of scansion, see Appendix 1).

    CE/BCE

    Common Era/Before Common Era (a designation for the calendar year, equivalent to AD/BC). In this volume CE should be assumed when no indication is provided.

    Comm.

    Refers to the Commentary in this volume.

    Intro.

    Refers to the Introduction (normally with following section specification).

    n.

    Refers to an entry in the Commentary (normally with preceding line specification).

    Reference Works

    AG

    Allen and Greenough’s New Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges, edited by J. B. Greenough, G. L. Kitteredge, A. A. Howard, and B. L. D’Ooge (Boston, 1903).

    CIL

    Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum (Berlin, 1862).

    L-S

    A Latin Dictionary, edited by C. T. Lewis and C. Short (Oxford, 1879).

    LSJ

    A Greek-English Lexicon, 9th edition, with Supplement, edited by H. J. Liddle and R. Scott, revised by H. S. Jones (Oxford, 1968)

    OLD

    Oxford Latin Dictionary, edited by P. G. W. Glare (Oxford, 1968–82).

    TLL

    Thesaurus Linguae Latinae (Leipzig, 1900).

    Grammatical Terms

    abl.

    ablative (similarly nom. = nominative; gen. = genitive; dat. = dative; acc. = accusative)

    act.

    active voice (similarly pass. = passive voice)

    fut.

    future tense (similarly perf. = perfect; pres. = present; etc.)

    indic.

    indicative (similarly subjunct. = subjunctive)

    part.

    participle

    pers.

    person

    pl.

    plural (similarly sing. = singular)

    Ancient Literature

    Apollod.

    Apollodorus, Bibliotheca (Library)

    Ap. Rhod.

    Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica

    Apul.

    Apuleius

    Met.

    Metamophoses (or Golden Ass)

    Arat.

    Aratus

    Phaen.

    Phaenomena

    Cat.

    Catullus, Carmina (Poems)

    Cic.

    Cicero

    Fam.

    Leg.

    Nat. D.

    Epistulae ad Familiares (Letters to his Friends)

    De Legibus (On the Law)

    De Natura Deorum (On the Nature of the Gods)

    Enn.

    Ennius

    Ann.

    Annales (Annals)

    Eur.

    Euripides

    Bacch.

    Bacchae

    Hdt.

    Herodotus, Histories

    Hes.

    Hesiod

    Op.

    Opera et Dies (Works and Days)

    Hom.

    Homer

    Il.

    Od.

    Iliad

    Odyssey

    Hor.

    Horace

    Carm.

    Epod.

    Carmina (Odes)

    Epodes

    Hyg.

    Hyginus

    Fab.

    Fabulae

    Hymn. Hom.

    Homeric Hymns

    Liv.

    Livy, Ab urbe condita

    Luc.

    Lucan, Bellum Civile (Civil War)

    Lucr.

    Lucretius, De Rerum Natura

    Mart.

    Martial

    Ep.

    Epigrams

    Ov.

    Ovid

    Am.

    Ars

    Fast.

    Her.

    Met.

    Trist.

    Amores

    Ars Amatoria (The Art of Love)

    Fasti

    Heroides

    Metamorphoses

    Tristia

    Plaut.

    Plautus

    Cas.

    Merc.

    Casina

    Mercator

    Plin.

    Pliny (the Elder)

    NH

    Naturalis Historia (Natural History)

    Plut.

    Plutarch

    Caes.

    Caesar

    Prop.

    Propertius, Carmina (Poems)

    Sen.

    Seneca (the Younger)

    Oed.

    Oedipus

    Serv.

    Servius

    Stat.

    Statius

    Ach.

    Silv.

    Theb.

    Achilleid

    Silvae

    Thebaid

    Suet.

    Suetonius

    Aug.

    Divus Augustus (Life of Augustus)

    Theoc.

    Theocritus

    Id.

    Idylls

    Val. Max.

    Valerius Maximus

    Val. Flacc.

    Valerius Flaccus, Argonautica

    Varr.

    Varro

    Ling.

    De Lingua Latina (On the Latin Language)

    Virg.

    Virgil

    Aen.

    Ecl.

    G.

    Aeneid

    Eclogues

    Georgics

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